June 2015

June 24, 2015

It is hard in the face of news reports on earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, drought and any other number of natural calamities not to wonder if Mother Earth perhaps needs a new nickname. For me it is always balm for worry just to stare it in the face. The practice of calligraphy is part of my personal journey to make sense of the world. Two versions here, looking at earth from the middle of the cyclone or above. I have combined pen lettering and mixed media painting here, melded with technological magic.

June 17, 2015

Expressive calligraphy puts motion and emotion first. The process is usually pretty wild, ink flying everywhere, papers on the floor, brushes and pens chosen sometimes at random for surprising effect. I have been a dancer for years, and have always loved the connection between calligraphy and its sister artform. A year of tango and many more of salsa, waltz and old fashioned swing were my very best lessons in the art of calligraphy.

June 15, 2015

I am hard at work on a new website. The new version of iskradesign.com will be the very latest in easy-to-use, responsive Wordpress, with a sizzling responsive theme called Divi. Stay tuned! In the meantime, here are a few screen shots to give you a preview of what's to come, (by the first weeks of July, if all goes as planned.)

June 04, 2015

I have been having a great time in the studio recently exploring new brushes, forgotten brushes, strange inks and archived papers —and exploring the connection between music and calligraphy. I think this was done while listening to tango, Gotan Project. Check out my my recent work on Instagram and see more of the process involved in lettering design.